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Peter Hellberg
April 12, 2013
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Introduction to Digital Photography
A short introduction for my colleagues at Athega,
Peter Hellberg
April 12, 2013
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Introduction to Digital Photography
@peterhellberg
basics Back to
· Shutter Speed · Aperture · ISO basics There are
really only three things that you need to learn to understand photography.
Shutter Speed The duration the shutter is open directly corresponds
to how much light is hitting the sensor.
Aperture The larger the hole, the more light gets through
to the sensor.
ISO How sensitive your camera is to the light that
managed to get through to the sensor. (Yes, it is the same ISO you are thinking about… )
Your camera does not matter
Until it does.
techniques Compositional
timing It’s all about the
Time of the day
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right Just the light
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moment Capturing that
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Symmetry & Pattern
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& lines Angles
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Simplicity & isolation
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Shallow depth of field
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Rule o thirds
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BREAK ALL THE RULES…
Going DIGITAL
Mega pixels
Image sensor formats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sensor_format
JPEG versus RAW
When possible, shoot in RAW
Gear camera
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Just about any camera will do.
Economy
Buy good glass.
Lenses
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Zoom lens A zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of
lens elements for which the focal length (and thus angle of view) can be varied, as opposed to a prime lens.
Prime lens A prime lens is a photographic lens whose
focal length is fixed, as opposed to a zoom lens.
Flashes
Don’t
Strobist if you must
Processing Post-
Lightroom Aperture
X100 [Lr] presets github.com/peterhellberg/photography
VSCO FILM vsco.co
Analog faux
Old Film LOOK
Fuji 160C
Fuji 800Z ++
Kodak Porta 160
Kodak Porta 800 ++
Fuji 400H -
black & white
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#iPhoneography
Instagram
VSCO CAM
Hosting
Flickr
500px
Cheat sheet Exposure Aperture Aperture Shutter Shutter ISO ISO Try
to keep your light meter at 0 Shallow depth of field Brighter Deep depth of field Darker Longer exposure Brighter Shorter exposure Darker Low, higher quality (smooth) Day High, lower quality (noisy) Night
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